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for cool tips and ideas for your little one

or soon to be little one...

Well, I saw it...

last night.

at midnight.

i saw it.

i'm not going to post a "personal" review

because it comes out today.

and i don't want to spoil it for anyone.

however, i'm still trying to

sort out my feelings about it.

let's just say it was...

better then the second.

less cheesy

better graphics

but who knows.

i'll let the movie marinate

and come to a conclusion on a later date...

Braids, braids, braids..

well, since i'm still playing around with the other hairstyle,

i think i've got this one mastered, relatively...

(i've always loved this style, and been trying to master if for a long time.)

so it may not look completely the same, obviously,

but finally my hair is long enough to braid across.

i'm happy to give instructions if anyone feels the need to do it too

it's easy. and perfect for hot summer heat in AZ.

Impossible?

Why are cool hair tricks so, for lack of a better word, cool?

why do they make them really hard for the

average

person not be able to do them?

how do they do this? do you think her braid is actually her hair

or is it possibly a headband? I think it's a braid headband.

Someone, anyone, please help me.

(just fyi: this is from the make up line

Smashbox's new line called Naked Beauty.

I didn't not just google cool hairstyles and a naked woman showed up)

bye bye Sara

my new friend sara

is off to paris for the next two months

while i am happy that she'll be having so much fun there

i'm also extremely jealous that she will be in paris

i want to meet her over there so badly

however, that isn't always feasible

but a girl can dream, right?

anyway, we went to CIBO (pronounced cheebo)

for her au revoir dinner

a little italian to send the girl off

i'll miss you sara

have fun, but hurry back...

L to R: me, sara, tiffani, katie and amy

thanks to amy who planned this little goodbye party.

(here are a few more pictures from the evening, with the rest of the crew..)

(L to R: avery, joe, rowland, jordan and wayne)

(poor sara, got caught in between joe and i fighting over his hat YANKEE's.

but then he judo chopped my hand and got it back.)

Whoa, nice tshirt...

i think this is one of my favorite family pictures

pre maggie...

(check out my outfit. seriously. just a tshirt?)

SNOWBALL FIGHT IN ARIZONA

DURING THE MONTH OF JUNE...

WOULD YOU EVER THINK THIS WOULD BE POSSIBLE?

WELL I CAN ASSURE IT IS POSSIBLE.

I EXPERIENCED I LAST NIGHT.

UNFORTUNATELY NO PICTURES WERE TAKEN

TO DOCUMENT THIS MOMENTOUS OCCASION, BUT

I CAN ASSURE YOU THIS DID HAPPEN.

AND IT WAS FUN.

Really? Go away...

dear baby hunger pains,

please go away.

i thought you'd subsided.

wrong.

and the fact i'm so far away from lulu bug

doesn't help either.

anyway, i'd appreciate it if you could disperse.

(at least until i'm married please.)

thanks.

Lake Powell, Lake Powell, Lake Powell...

first official trip to

lake powell

starting on sunday.

can't wait to spend the week with these folks...

but since this is our first trip, I can't help but think of

previous trips...

(this is a great picture of my mom. i love it.

she's a babe.)

and if i could, i would love to post a

three hour

video of our lake powell adventures

with the ludlows and petersens...

but unfortunately, it can't be done.

so to the ludlow gang, although i have no pictures

let's just reminisce about our lake powell adventures, shall we?

So unfair...

hey brother,

remember how you told me you saw

justin timberlake yesterday?

and how he is staying at tbay too.

well, if you see him again, i have a mission for you.

take a picture and send it my way.

thanksloveyoubye...

It's official...

arizona has been treating me right.

i'm starting to really enjoy it.

i've met some really great people.

and we've become fast friends...

now, i know you're probably thinking,

where are all the boys?

well, i'm thinking the same thing...

(there are some cute ones, so we'll see how things pan out...

and mom, i'm working on getting numbers, okay?)